greater lake city community foundation

Lake City Kiwanis Club sponsors Five for Food

Mar 8, 2023

Bruce Carlstrom, Five for Food coordinator, at left, received a check from Lake City Kiwanis Club president Mac Baird. The Kiwanis Club and its members have supported Five for Food since the start of the initiative began in 2014. Twenty-seven sponsors have pledged $22,500 to match contributions...

Coyle joins foundation board

Feb 8, 2023

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has announced that Pete Coyle has accepted a position on the Board of Directors. Coyle is a native of Lake City. He is currently transitioning from his full-time position as a lawyer with Larkin Hoffman to working part time, according to a news release...

Donor to match $10,000 in donations to Packing for the Weekend in Lake City

Feb 8, 2023

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has established a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with an anonymous donor to match donations made to Packing for the Weekend/Lake City. Packing for the Weekend/Lake City is a local program that supplies supplemental food for children of families in need to...

Joint sediment reduction efforts underway

Feb 1, 2023

The first project to reduce the amount of sediment coming into Lake Pepin via streams that make up the Lake Pepin Watershed from the Minnesota side of the lake is nearly completed. In 2022 three entities – The Greater Lake City Community Foundation, the City of Lake City and the Goodhue Soil and...

Greater Lake City Community Foundation presents to Rotary Club

Jan 25, 2023

Bruce Carlstrom (left) and Jim Schreck (right) of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) were the guest speakers at the Lake City Rotary Club meeting on Jan. 16. “(GLCCF) has been going on for 10 years now and they are doing wonderful work,” the Rotary Club said in a news release. “They...

Foundation seeks matching donors for endowed nursing scholarship

Dec 14, 2022

Greater Lake City Community Foundation President Beth Krehbiel has announced that the foundation has approved the creation of a new scholarship fund. This scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who intends to pursue a career in the nursing field. An anonymous couple has...

Greater Lake City Community Foundation donates $2,000 to Peters Memorial Fund

Nov 30, 2022

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) has once again given a grant to the Peters Memorial Fund (PMF) in the amount of $2000. This grant will be used for students at Bluff View Elementary School to help pay for their snack/milk costs for the year, as well as Care Pantry items (hygiene...

Blim joins community foundation board

Aug 17, 2022

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has announced that Erika Blim has been added to the Board of Directors. “Erika is a native of Lake City, currently works as a realtor at Lakeshore Real Estate, and is an EMT with the Lake City Ambulance Authority. She and her husband, Tyler, live in the...

Community choir receives local support

Aug 17, 2022

The Lake City Community Choir acknowledges its appreciation for support from the Greater Lake City Community Foundation to the Lake City Area Arts for funding directed to the choir. These dollars will be used to purchase sheet music and folders for choir members and other materials needed to...

Strategic partnership formed to reduce sedimentation from local streams into Lake Pepin

Jun 29, 2022

One Watershed – One Plan: In 2012 a MN state statute was changed to allow development of comprehensive watershed management plans. Through this action the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) changed the way the health of streams and waterways was being addressed within the state. The...